1.55 - Digital Media Resources List

Here is a wiki with a HUGE list of great tools:

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

Here is a great document using Wikipedia to teach research skills... critically important research skills:


Another great link...

Looking for more than just a photograph? Fotopedia is the tool for you

Fotopedia doesn't just give you great images - the site also gives you educational information about the picture


Technology to research collaboratively:

• connect with experts online (there are a variety of tools - some as easy as email)
• gather data (there are a variety of tools) - we have access to news, videos, ideas of all kinds from literally all over the world at our fingertips...
• use ejournals or other online tools to find information (sdln alone has some great tools)

Digital Media Tool	Person Sharing (include grade level)	Brief Explanation of Use
Voicethread	Nancy Appl - Grade 2	Any grade can use this! Upload pictures and record students voices to make a video. http://voicethread.com/
Tag Galaxy	Nancy Appl - Grade 2	Any grade. Use this website to find numerous pictures on a topic starting very broad to very specific. www.taggalaxy.com
My Portaportal	Nancy Appl - Grade 2	Any grade can use this. Organizes your websites! http://my.portaportal.com/
Proteacher	Nancy Appl - Grade 2	Any grade. Educator sharing board for ideas, lesson plans, any questions. http://www.proteacher.net
Proteacher	Karen Ronne - Grade 2	http://www.proteacher.net Sharing ideas with teachers at any level.
Common Sense Media	Jamie Grimsrud - 4th-8th Grade	I wasn't sure until I read this article. I use www.commonsensemedia.org to review/preview books and videos. It is easy to use and "quick!'

Technology to share information and ideas:

• blog with tools like Blogster or KidBlog (there are a million other blogging tools also)
• social networking with tools such as EdModo or ePals (Facebook and Twitter have given "social networking" a very BAD RAP. This is unfortunate as there are MANY SAFE ALTERNATIVES and it is very much a 21st Century skill.)
• social bookmarking (http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-bookmarking-websites for 15 most popular sites)

Digital Media Tool	Person Sharing (include grade level)	Brief Explanation of Use
www.classchatter.com	Language Arts I Students (9th) - Heylens	My students will blog with students from Dell Rapids St. Mary's about Romeo and Juliet.
Glogster	Nancy Appl - Grade 2	Any grade. Used to create posters. http://www.glogster.com/
Blogspot	Nancy Appl - Grade 2	Any grade. Creating your own blog. http://blogspot.com
Kidblog	Donna DeKraai	Any grade. I'm using the site for my sciences and reading classes.
Kidblog	Dawn Leuning - Grade 4	My students blog their thoughts on various topics such as our book Three Cups of Tea, meaning of idioms, etc.
www.sad29.k12.me.us/reading_first.html	Dawn Leuning-Grade 4	We use this with our Scott Foresman reading series with more options to teach reading, spelling, and literary devices.
www.idiomsbykids.com/taylor/mrtaylor.class20...	Dawn Leuning-Grade 4	I use this to enforce idioms and other figurative language.
ePals	Sharon Landsman-Grade 10	Any grade can use this. Use this website to collaborate and/or correspond with other students/teachers from around the world. http://www.epals.com/
Edmodo	Ervin Gebhart 9th Grade	I use this for discussion, blogging, and assignments. It is very easy to use. You can attach files, etc. Works well.
Kidblog	Karen Ronne	http://kidblog.org I would use this to teach my students how to blog responsibly and respond appropriately to their fellow students.
Kidblog	Cheryl Todey - 6-8 Band	http://kidblog.org I will use this with my jazz band to blog to share info and audio links concerning jazz musicians.
http://www.youblisher.com	Kim Kludt via Sue Turnipseed - good for all K-12	This site allows you to upload any pdf for sharing... it will then give you a URL to share via email or embedding. It is a great way for students to have their presentation (perhaps a ppt) ready and not be messing with jump drives or loggin in. Check it out... it is COOL!!

Technology to create and share documents and videos collaboratively:

• there are a million tools out there right now that help us do this "cloud" sharing - one of my favorites is google docs.

Here are a couple documents I have been sent:

Digital Media Tool	Person Sharing (include grade level)	Brief Explanation of Use
Tagxedo	Nancy Appl - Grade 2	Any grade. Turns words in to a visually stunning tag cloud. http://www.tagxedo.com/
Typewithme	Mark Kreie - HS Math	http://typewith.me Students can join the interactive document and add / edit / erase. I used it for a review before a test. Specific site listed below. http://typewith.me/LA8YDohEfm
K12 data center Sharepoint Site	Mark Kreie - HS Math	http://mk113.k12.sd.us The sharepoint sites are very safe and only accessible w/ a valid k12 state login. There are many things available, including blogs, document sharing, calendar. Very "cloudy" site. In order to create one, you must ask the k12 data center to set it up. Mine was set up by Marcia Johnson over a year ago. I'm not sure if she still works there or not.